The Bravo host will return to his late night talk show on Sunday, Feb. 17
New dad Andy Cohen is taking a one-week paternity leave from his hit talk show Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen to focus on new son Benjamin Allen. But that doesn’t mean the party will stop in his absence.
PEOPLE can exclusively announce that the half-hour program will air a week of specials built for Bravo fans during Cohen’s break.
All will kick off on Sunday with “Andy’s Favorite Atl Moments” — a compilation of clubhouse moments from the Real Housewives of Atlanta cast.
The best-of will continue on Monday, with a Vanderpump Rules-themed episode featuring the “the most outrageous” and “most dramatic” appearances from the Sexy and Unique crew.
From there, WWHL will toast the best “Funny Ladies” (Tuesday) and “OMG Moments” (Wednesday), before ending its week with “Andy’s Favorite Divas” (Thursday) — featuring visits from Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga, Cher, and more.
WWHL will then return on Feb. 17 with a new episode.
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Cohen, 50, welcomed his first child via surrogate on Monday. The baby weighed 9 lbs., 2 oz., and measured 20 inches long upon his birth at 6:35 p.m.
Benjamin Allen is a special name for Cohen, coming from his grandfather, Ben Allen, on his mother’s side.
To celebrate the good news, Cohen shared a black-and-white photo of himself holding his son to Instagram. “I’m in love,” Cohen wrote on Instagram. “And speechless. And eternally grateful to an incredible surrogate. And I’m a dad. Wow.”
News first broke that Cohen was expecting his first child via surrogate on the Dec. 20 episode of WWHL, when, while surrounded by a few OG Real Housewives franchise cast members, Coehn spilled the beans.
“Tonight, I want you to be the first to know that after many years of careful deliberation, a fair amount of prayers and the benefit of science — if all goes according to plan, in about six weeks time I’m going to become a father,” he shared.
“Thanks to a wonderful surrogate who is carrying my future,” Cohen continued. “Family means everything to me and having one of my own is something that I have wanted in my heart for my entire life. And though it’s taken me longer than most to get there, I cannot wait for what I envision will be the most rewarding chapter yet.”
Since then, Cohen headed out west to L.A. where he was thrown a Bravo baby shower attended by dozens of Housewives (and his pal John Mayer).
Earlier on Friday, Cohen shared a photo of he and his 4-day-old baby boy as they hung out from inside a private plane. Notably, baby Benjamin — who sports a head full of dark hair — is resting in a BABYBJORN Baby Carrier Mini against Cohen, facing his dad’s chest as the latter offers a huge smile to the camera.
“Digging the #DadGear !!!” the star wrote.